Aggreko was asked to supply a power generation solution for a science park. The 54-acre site consists of 84 buildings, with over 500,000 square feet of laboratories and offices. The site had a 5.1MW main power supply, but expansion plans meant that this would soon become insufficient.

Specifically, the building of a new pharmaceutical factory at the park, at a cost of £100 million, would require the power supply to be increased by a further 3MW. This increased demand would put too much strain on the site’s energy infrastructure and the National Grid, and could result in an interrupted power supply. Such disruption would be unacceptable to the park’s tenants.

Consequently, the customer identified for the need of a temporary bridging gap solution to power the new factory while a more permanent option could be developed. The park’s stakeholders were keen to opt for a gas generator solution, due to an ease of availability, environmental factors, and the fact this would be a long-term installation.